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Grow Plants in Mini Greenhouse All Year Around

A mini greenhouse is a great addition to any garden. it comes with the extra protection of growing under glass allowing a much wider variety of plants to be raised, and the growing season to be greatly extended. A 4 tier mini greenhouse can give you so much more control over your garden, allowing you to over-winter your favorite plants, grow from seed and take cuttings.

As well as practical advantages, mini greenhouse growing is a most satisfying and relaxing hobby, providing plenty of enjoyment without the full scale commitment of a large greenhouse.

What can you grow in a mini greenhouse?

With a little planning even the most compact of Mini greenhouses can be full of plants all year round.

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Spring

In the early spring the mini greenhouse could be full of young plants, growing on ready for later transplanting into the garden. Many garden centers offer tiny plug plants at the very start of the season. These are able to be grown on inside the small greenhouse. Many plants, especially salad crops, can be grown direct from seed, in fact with a mini greenhouse you can look forward to fresh salads pretty much all through the year.

Summer

In the summer, the small greenhouse is capable to be used for protected crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. As other plants are planted out, the space left can be used for home grown Mediterranean crops.

Autumn

In autumn time cuttings from fuchsias and geraniums can be taken to provide plant material for next year. Salad crops such as lettuce are suggested to be planted in the small greenhouse to ensure a steady supply during the winter months. Vegetables such as spring cabbage can be grown on ready for planting out.

Winter

During the winter months, the small greenhouse can be used to over-winter more delicate plants such as geraniums and fuchsias. Bulbs for winter decoration can also be brought on in the indoor mini greenhouse.

March 17, 2016Permalink

How to Use a Portable Greenhouse to Grow Vegetables

Planning

Measure out your Portable greenhouse beds space. Check if you have enough space out all the summer greenhouse crops you plan to grow;

Benches should provide plenty of space for seedlings. Many seedlings will be moved outside when it is time for summer greenhouse crops;

A catch crop of salad leaves can be sown in portable greenhouse borders before the space is needed for summer greenhouse crops.

Sowing seed indoors

Use clean pots and trays. Also, use fresh, peat-free seed or multipurpose compost;

Follow instructions on the seed packet;

Seeds will germinate on a sunny windowsill indoors. They also love a heated propagator unit in the greenhouse.

Growing on

Once germinated, seedlings will need somewhere light and frost-free to grow on. An unheated greenhouse may not be sufficiently warm until April;

Consider fleecing and heating a partitioned section of your greenhouse. It is helpful to make a suitable environment for growing on tender plants;

Watch weather forecasts. Then you can protect young plants with fleece on frosty nights or provide supplementary heating when needed.

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Planting

Plant protected crops into their final positions once they are sturdy and well-rooted;

Plant into greenhouse borders, containers or growing bags;

Ensure climbing plants have sufficient support. And tie cordon tomatoes into strings or canes. Here means cucumbers and melons.

Summer maintenance

Check watering daily.Uneven watering can result in problems such as blossom end rot in tomatoes;

Ventilate greenhouses on warm days by opening doors and vents;

For warmth-loving okra and cucumbers, vents can be kept closed.  However, humidity must be raised by damping down. Alternatively, partition off a section of the greenhouse with fleece or clear plastic;

Some shading will be necessary. It is best to add this gradually, as it will initially reduce growth

Hang yellow sticky traps to provide early warning of pests. Biological controls can then be ordered promptly;

Winter maintenance

Keep structures, especially glazing, clean;

Bubble wrap is sufficient for many structures;

When heated plastic greenhouses, ensure a thermostat is working to maintain a minimum night-time temperature;

Invest in a  thermometer to monitor conditions.

March 11, 2016Permalink